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☆ This Filmmaker Saw War Everywhere, and So Can You
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Travis Diehl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For Harun Farocki, even as visual media raced from film strips to computers, one thing remained constant: Pictures reveal more than they intend to. Naming the ideologies embedded in workaday images was Farocki’s life’s work. The German filmmaker and artist was born in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1944 to an Indian father and German mother, lived in a divided Germany, and died in 2014, in a booming, unified Berlin. His meticulous style of essay film, combining found images and formidably researched texts, has become essential to the cinematic tool kit. Eight of his works on the perennial theme of war, curated by Antje Ehmann, an artist and Farocki’s widow, are on view at Greene Naftali.

Persons: Harun Farocki, Antje Ehmann, Greene Naftali Locations: Nazi, Czechoslovakia, Indian, Germany, Berlin

☆ CrowdStrike CEO says 97% of Windows sensors back online after major outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Harun Ozalp | Anadolu | Getty ImagesCrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said that over 97% of Windows sensors are back online after an update from the cybersecurity firm caused one of the world's biggest IT outages. Last week, CrowdStrike issued a routine update to its users around the world — which mainly comprise large businesses — that had a bug which caused Microsoft's Windows operating system to crash. Many users woke up on Friday to a blue screen error on Windows. The company's share price has been hammered since the incident, as CEO Kurtz looks to contain the reputational fallout. "I am deeply sorry for the disruption this outage has caused and personally apologize to everyone impacted.

Persons: Harun Ozalp, George Kurtz, Kurtz, CrowdStrike Organizations: Microsoft, Anadolu, Getty, LinkedIn Locations: Ankara, Turkey

☆ The CrowdStrike fail and next global IT meltdown already in the making
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Kevin Williams | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The reality, however, was much more mundane: a botched software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. "In this case, it was a content update," said Nick Hyatt, director of threat intelligence at security firm Blackpoint Cyber. And because CrowdStrike has such a broad base of customers, it was the content update felt around the world. In this case, the content update was tied to the CrowdStrike Falcon monitoring software. Software updates should be rolled out incrementally One lesson from the global IT outage, O'Neill said, is that CrowdStrike's update should have been rolled out incrementally.

Persons: Nick Hyatt, CrowdStrike, Hyatt, Harun Ozalp, Eric O'Neill, O'Neill, Peter Avery, Avery Organizations: Microsoft, Anadolu, Getty, FBI, Visual Edge Locations: Ankara, Turkey

☆ Higher Education Must Reinvigorate the Liberal Arts - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Ezekiel J. Emanuel | Harun Küçük | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The burdens of these culture war assaults are compounded by parents worried that the exorbitant costs of higher education aren’t worth it. Only 36 percent of Americans have confidence in higher education, according to a survey by Gallup last year, a significant drop from eight years ago. But the problems facing American higher education are not just the protests and culture war attacks on diversity, course content, speech and speakers. The problem is that higher education is fundamentally misunderstood. In response, colleges and universities must reassert the liberal arts ideals that have made them great but that have been slipping away.

Persons: castigate Organizations: Gallup Locations: Gaza

☆ I've been to Vegas over 50 times. Here are the 8 best restaurants on The Strip.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Wendy Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

After visiting Las Vegas over 50 times, my husband and I have a dining strategy: We return to a few of our favorite spots and then try a couple of new ones. AdvertisementOcean Prime is a splurge-worthy restaurant perfect for celebrating special occasionsWendy LeeIn 2023, Ocean Prime opened on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon Avenue — it even has a rooftop terrace overlooking The Strip. AdvertisementAt first, that made me doubt the quality of the food — but I've learned the food is even better than the decor. On a recent trip to Catch, I got the best French toast I've ever eaten. Located inside Paris Las Vegas, the French eatery has a patio directly across the street from the Bellagio Fountains.

Persons: —, Wendy Lee, Roy Choi, Jon Favreau, Lago, Julian Serrano's Lago, George Rose, Julian Serrano, I've, Retox, Bardot Brasserie, Bardot, Benedict, De Laurentiis, Mon Ami Gabi, Harun Ozmen, Shutterstock Organizations: Service, Las Vegas, Business, MGM, Bellagio, Casino, Ocean, Cosmopolitan, Mon Locations: Vegas, Cuban, Bellagio, Bellagio Fountains, Lago, Las Vegas, It's, cafés, Paris, Cromwell, ribeye, York, it's, New York, Paris Las Vegas

☆ Pakistan coach says ‘I’ve not seen so many grown men cry in all my life’ after first-ever World Cup qualifying round win
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Stephen Constantine, the head coach of Pakistan’s men’s national football team, said he has “not seen so many grown men cry in all my life” after his side claimed its first-ever World Cup qualifying round win. Pakistan beat Cambodia 1-0 at Islamabad’s Jinnah Sports Stadium thanks to a 67th-minute goal from Harun Hamid. “It is an unbelievable atmosphere here, I’ve not seen so many grown men cry in all my life,” Constantine told the BBC. Pakistan is ranked 197th in the world and will now face matches against Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Jordan in the second round of qualifying, which begins in November. “We don’t have regular football; half of them have part-time jobs … and that makes the double result even more impressive.

Persons: Stephen Constantine, Pakistan’s, Harun Hamid, I’ve, ” Constantine, haven’t, “, I’m, Li shanze, Constantine, ” Organizations: CNN, football team, Pakistan, Islamabad’s Jinnah Sports, BBC, Saudi, Pakistan Football Federation, FIFA Locations: Cambodia, India, Nepal, Malawi, Sudan, Rwanda, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Jordan

☆ Elon Musk's X rebrand reignites his goal to turn Twitter into an app like China's WeChat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In October, the billionaire said buying Twitter was an "accelerant to creating X, the everything app," without providing further details. Musk called WeChat 'great'Super apps refer to a type of app that allow users to carry out multiple functions without having to leave the app. The biggest super app in the world is called WeChat which is run by Chinese technology giant Tencent and has over 1.3 billion users. While China pioneered the super app, the idea has taken off in other parts of Asia. Musk has likely taken inspiration from WeChat, an app he called "great" last year.

Persons: Elon, Harun Ozalp, Elon Musk, China's WeChat, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, WeChat Organizations: HK, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Twitter, Google Locations: China, Asia, Singapore

☆ Nizar Trabelsi: Ex-soccer player accused of planning suicide bomb attack acquitted
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

22 years,” Trabelsi, a former professional soccer player in Germany, said after members of the jury left following his acquittal, according to his attorney. Trabelsi was extradited to the US in 2013 after being indicted by a US grand jury in 2006. However, Trabelsi said during his US trial that his past confessions were false, according to the Washington Post. Had he been convicted, the 52-year-old Trabelsi faced a maximum sentence of life in prison. In recent years, at least two men accused of backing or operating on behalf of al Qaeda and charged with conspiracy to murder US nationals have been found guilty.

Persons: CNN —, Osama bin Laden, Nizar, –, “ Innocent, ”, Trabelsi, “, Sabrina Shroff, “ Mr, ” Shroff, ” Patricia Hartman, al, Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun Organizations: CNN, Department, Al, Brogel Air Force Base, US, Prosecutors, United, Washington Post Locations: Al Qaeda, Europe, Washington, DC, Germany, Belgium, United States, Belgian, Pakistan, Qaeda, al Qaeda

☆ Southeast Asia leaders kick off ASEAN summit in Cambodia
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Cambodia, this year's chair for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is hosting the weekend summit in Phnom Penh — the group's first in-person meeting since the Covid pandemic. Leaders from the U.S., China, South Korea and Japan will also be meeting ASEAN leaders in Phnom Penh. "Looking to the future, ASEAN needs to strongly promote the values that have made ASEAN successful over the past five decades. The ASEAN nations want more trading partners, the more, the better," he told CNBC's "Street Signs Asia" on Thursday. The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia is a peace treaty among Southeast Asian countries established in 1976.watch now

☆ Life after monkeypox: Men describe an uncertain road to recovery
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Benjamin Ryan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +16 min

Following recovery from this skin lesion–causing virus, people often find themselves waiting anxiously over the course of months to see whether monkeypox will leave them with permanent scarring. The marks are also signals of an infection that because it largely transmits through sex between men, can be highly stigmatized. Gerald Febles points to a scar left from his monkeypox outbreak. He founded a Zoom-based monkeypox support group for people with the virus he met mainly through social media. “I need to get back to my normal life,” said Galaise, who works for a New York City governmental agency.

☆ Ultimul moștenitor al tronului Imperiului Otoman a murit la vârsta de 90 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Dundar Abdulkerim Osmanoglu, ultimul moștenitor al tronului fostului Imperiu Otoman, a murit luni, la vârsta de 90 de ani, a anunțat familia lui, transmite digi24.ro. "Tată al familiei și al dinastiei otomane, unchiul nostru, Prințul Dundar Abdulkerim Osmanoglu, a murit în Damasc, Siria", a scris pe Twitter Orhan Osman, un membru al familiei. Soția lui, Yusra Osmanoglu, a murit în 2017. Fiind cel mai vârstic, Osmanoglu a devenit liderul familiei de descendenți, după moartea lui Osman Bayezid Osmanoglu, nepotul Sultanului Abdulmecid I, în 2017. Fratele lui Dundar Abdulkerim Osmanoglu, Harun, s-a întors în Turcia în 1974 și a devenit acum noul lider al familiei otomane.

Persons: Dundar Abdulkerim, Dundar, Twitter Orhan Osman, Osmanoglu, Mehmet Selim Efendi, Abdulhamid, - lea, căruie, Osman Bayezid Osmanoglu, Abdulmecid I, Mehmed Abdulkerim Efendi, Harun Locations: Imperiu Otoman, Damasc, Siria, Turcia, otoman, Beirut, Liban

„Tatăl familiei noastre și al dinastiei otomane, unchiul nostru prințul Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu a murit în Damasc, Siria ", a declarat Orhan Osmanoğlu, un membru al familiei prin intermediul Twitter. Soția sa Yüsra Osmanoğlu a murit în 2017. Descendenții dinastiei otomane care locuiau în Turcia au încercat de multe ori să-l aducă din Siria pe mebrul dinastiei otomane, care a întrerupt legăturile cu Turcia pe fondul războiului în curs. Harun, fratele lui Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu, s-a întors în Turcia în 1974 și a locuit la Istanbul. Harun Osmanoğlu, în vârstă de optzeci și opt de ani, va fi acum noul lider al familiei otomane.

Persons: Osmanoğlu, Orhan Osmanoğlu, İnna, Osmanli, Efendi, Makamı, DUALARINIZI, Mehmet Selim Efendi, Abdülhamid, - lea, Osman Bayezid, Ibrahim Tevfik, Abdülmecid I, Mehmed Abdülkerim Efendi, Harun, Dündar, Harun Osmanoğlu Locations: Damasc, Siria, Turcia, mebrul, otoman, Imperiului Otoman, Beirut, Liban, Istanbul

Adnan Oktar, care a scris cărți despre creaționismul islamic sub pseudonimul Harun Yahya, a fost judecat la Istanbul alături de alți 236 de presupuși membri ai rețelei sale. A devenit cunoscut în Turcia în decursul anilor în special prin emisiunile TV provocatoare difuzate pe propriul său canal. Oktar, 64 de ani, și sute de adepți ai săi au fost arestați în 2018, iar canalul său TV a fost închis. Mii de exemplare gratuite ale cărții au fost trimise prin poștă politicienilor, jurnaliștilor și școlilor din întreaga lume. Lagarde nu a citit niciodată cartea, a spus o persoană din anturajul ei.

Persons: Adnan Oktar, Harun, Dumnezeu, Christine Lagarde, Lagarde Organizations: Centrale Locations: Istanbul, Turcia

☆ Liderul unui cult sexual din Turcia, condamnat la peste 1.000 de ani de închisoare
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-11 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Adnan Oktar, care a scris cărți despre creaționismul islamic sub pseudonimul Harun Yahya, a fost judecat la Istanbul alături de alți 236 de presupuși membri ai rețelei sale, potrivit Agenției Anadolu, citată de Bloomberg. A devenit cunoscut în Turcia în decursul anilor în special prin emisiunile TV provocatoare difuzate pe propriul său canal. Oktar, 64 de ani, și sute de adepți ai săi au fost arestați în 2018, iar canalul său TV a fost închis. Mii de exemplare gratuite ale cărții au fost trimise prin poștă politicienilor, jurnaliștilor și școlilor din întreaga lume. Lagarde nu a citit niciodată cartea, a spus o persoană din anturajul ei.

Persons: Adnan Oktar, Harun, Dumnezeu, Christine Lagarde, Lagarde Organizations: Centrale Locations: Istanbul, Turcia

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